Contemplative Light: Inspiration and Guidance on the Journey to Awakening: Blog

Contemplative Light

Inspiration and Guidance on the Journey to Awakening

Tuesday Tips with Rich: No Time for Centering Prayer

Rich Lewis | April 13, 2021April 12, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1280" src="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/orange-flowers-6144272_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/orange-flowers-6144272_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/orange-flowers-6144272_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/orange-flowers-6144272_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/orange-flowers-6144272_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/orange-flowers-6144272_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/orange-flowers-6144272_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C407&ssl=1 610w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/orange-flowers-6144272_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C720&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

In this week’s tip, Rich talks about finding time for Centering Prayer.

Continue Reading

“YOU, yes YOU!”

Terri Knuth | April 12, 2021April 12, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1280" src="https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/You-YES-you-image-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/You-YES-you-image-1.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/You-YES-you-image-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/You-YES-you-image-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/You-YES-you-image-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/You-YES-you-image-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/You-YES-you-image-1.jpg?resize=610%2C407&ssl=1 610w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/You-YES-you-image-1.jpg?resize=1080%2C720&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

Enjoy an excellent article from Terrie Knuth on finding the hidden treasure within.

Continue Reading

Holy Week, 2021

Roger Butts | April 4, 2021April 2, 2021

<img width="1280" height="640" src="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/last-supper-4997322_1280.png?fit=1280%2C640&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/last-supper-4997322_1280.png?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/last-supper-4997322_1280.png?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/last-supper-4997322_1280.png?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/last-supper-4997322_1280.png?resize=768%2C384&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/last-supper-4997322_1280.png?resize=610%2C305&ssl=1 610w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/last-supper-4997322_1280.png?resize=1080%2C540&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

A special contribution from Roger Butts for holy week. Enjoy as he describes the kind of Jesus he likes.

Continue Reading

Unknowing

Kimberly Holman | March 30, 2021March 28, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1280" src="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tea-381235_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tea-381235_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tea-381235_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tea-381235_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tea-381235_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tea-381235_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tea-381235_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C407&ssl=1 610w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tea-381235_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C720&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

In this short reflection, Kimberly Holman considers that the real work of spiritual awakening may be revealed not in what we know but in not knowing.

Continue Reading

Tuesday Tip with Rich: The Will of God

Rich Lewis | March 30, 2021March 28, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1280" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-2295436_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-2295436_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-2295436_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-2295436_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-2295436_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-2295436_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-2295436_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C407&ssl=1 610w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-2295436_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C720&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

In this week’s tip on Centering Prayer, Rich Lewis discusses how we know we’re doing the will of God.

Continue Reading

Prayer for Dialogue

Keren Dibbens-Wyatt | March 29, 2021March 28, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1284" src="https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/conversation-3513843_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1284&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/conversation-3513843_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/conversation-3513843_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C201&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/conversation-3513843_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/conversation-3513843_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C514&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/conversation-3513843_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1027&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/conversation-3513843_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C408&ssl=1 610w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/conversation-3513843_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C722&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

Please enjoy an exceptional piece from Keren Dibbens-Wyatt as she considers how we can understand one another’s meaning to work our way across the divides that currently separate so many of us.

Continue Reading

Wisdom Speaks

Kimberly Holman | March 23, 2021March 21, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1440" src="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-5662066_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1440&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-5662066_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-5662066_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-5662066_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-5662066_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-5662066_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-5662066_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C458&ssl=1 610w, https://i2.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/bird-5662066_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C810&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

In this short reflection, Kimberly Holman considers the mind in its natural state.

Continue Reading

Tuesday Tip with Rich: What Is A Calling?

Rich Lewis | March 23, 2021March 22, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1280" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hands-5216585_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hands-5216585_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hands-5216585_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hands-5216585_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hands-5216585_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hands-5216585_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hands-5216585_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C407&ssl=1 610w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hands-5216585_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C720&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

This week Rich offers a great short teaching on what it means to have a calling and how to work with that calling. Not to be missed.

Continue Reading

The World to Come

Roger Butts | March 22, 2021March 21, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1275" src="https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brush-96240_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1275&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brush-96240_1920.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brush-96240_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C199&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brush-96240_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brush-96240_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C510&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brush-96240_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1020&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brush-96240_1920.jpg?resize=610%2C405&ssl=1 610w, https://i0.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/brush-96240_1920.jpg?resize=1080%2C717&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

In a short reflection, Roger Butts imagines the world to come. what is your dream vision of the future?

Continue Reading

If You Want to See Change in the World, Do This!

Guy Finley | March 22, 2021March 21, 2021

<img width="1920" height="1280" src="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GF-CL-Image.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" itemprop="image" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GF-CL-Image.jpg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GF-CL-Image.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GF-CL-Image.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GF-CL-Image.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GF-CL-Image.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GF-CL-Image.jpg?resize=610%2C407&ssl=1 610w, https://i1.wp.com/contemplativelight.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GF-CL-Image.jpg?resize=1080%2C720&ssl=1 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" />

Guy Finley leads his readers on the correct path of transformation leading to the change we want to see in the world. Great article!

Continue Reading

1 2 … 43 Next →